Chapter 255: There is no cave
Seeing Zhang Xuebing stop, Xiong Zhan wiped his sweat and asked.
"This is it? What about people? ”
Zhang Xuebing didn't answer, reached out and took the flashlight from Xiong Zhan's hand and squatted on the ground.
The ground is littered with stalactites and weathered stones, and if you look closely, you can see a messy footprint.
Zhang Xuebing beckoned Xiong Zhan to come and see.
As a former special forces, Xiong Zhan is a tracking expert, he glanced at it and pointed to the front and said.
"There are three kinds of footprints here, the clearest of which are two people's, and they go deeper into the cave!"
Now it seems that Zhang Erdou should have held Wang Xiaomin hostage, and the worst thing happened!
Zhang Xuebing couldn't wait to crush this goods at this moment, and immediately roared, "Go, continue to chase!" ”
Xiong Zhan didn't talk nonsense, he immediately grabbed the flashlight and chased after him with a body of fat.
Zhang Xuebing followed closely, looking at Xiong Zhan's fat body in front of him, but he was so flexible, he couldn't help but sigh, this is too unscientific, is this the reincarnation of a kung fu panda?
At this point, the cave began to become winding and twisty, and the terrain became a little more complicated, and instead of moving forward parallelly, a downward slope began to appear.
Zhang Xuebing felt that they had gone lower and lower, and he was afraid that it would not be long before the height would be lower than that of the Lingzhi Canyon, and even go deep underground.
After a few moments, he felt his feet get wet, and the stalactites above his head were dripping with cold droplets from time to time.
From the place where the flashlight is illuminated, it can be seen that the stone wall here has emitted a crystal reflection, of course, this is not a crystal or a gemstone, but it means that the water content is already very large.
Zhang Xuebing suddenly shouted, "Old Xiong, stop!" ”
Xiong Zhan immediately stopped his steps, panting and asked, "What instructions does the boss have!" ”
Zhang Xuebing frowned and said, "One of them was injured, the other was a woman, and they were kidnapped, they were definitely not as fast as us, they have been chasing for so long, and there is no one in sight, which can only show one problem, they are not in front of us!" ”
Xiong Zhan also realized it, nodded and said, "It's true, but there is only a hole along the way, and we haven't found any forks in the road, can they still fly out?" ”
Zhang Xuebing said in a deep voice, "The light here is not good, maybe there is a fork in the road, we don't see it, and there is no objection to chasing it further, I think it's better to look back!" ”
Now it can almost be concluded that the two of them are in a certain section of the cave between them and Li Dao and the others, and they will definitely not be in front or outside the cave.
Then going back and searching for a fork in the road is the only option.
In addition, Zhang Xuebing was worried that the flashlight was about to run out.
If there is no light source in such a place, it is no different from a blind man riding a blind horse.
Moreover, Zhang Xuebing felt that the fire at the entrance of the cave should be almost burned now, and if a large group of people came, it would be more convenient to search.
Xiong Zhan had no doubt about this decision, and immediately turned around and walked back along the way he came.
On this return, Zhang Xuebing and Xiong Zhan were both careful, and every few steps they used flashlights to carefully search the cave walls, the roof of the cave, and the ground.
The hard work paid off, and after walking a few hundred meters, he found a hole under the wall of a cave that was going diagonally downward.
The entrance to this cave is in a very hidden corner, and there is a large pile of rubble next to it, which you can't find if you don't look closely.
The two of them came over, Xiong Zhan touched the soil near the entrance of the cave, and said softly.
"It's not natural, someone should have just gone down!"
Zhang Xuebing's brows furrowed, it's not a natural cave, could it be that Zhang Erdou made it?
So where does this lead to this?
Xiong Zhan lay down and tried the size of the hole, patted his fat belly and smiled bitterly, "Boss, it seems that I have to let the monkey come, I can't get down!" ”
At this time, where can you wait for the monkeys to come again.
At this moment, Wang Xiaomin's life is bound to be threatened, and he must save people as soon as possible!
Zhang Xuebing grabbed the flashlight, now put his legs into the hole, turned his head and said to Xiong Zhan.
"You wait here for reinforcements, I'll go and save people first!"
Xiong Zhan grabbed him, handed over a dagger with a dark face, and whispered, "Be careful! ”
Zhang Xuebing took the dagger, bit it in his mouth, and without saying a word, he slipped down the slope of the cave like a slide.
Originally, I thought it was very deep here, but Zhang Xuebing felt that he had just slipped out more than ten meters away, and his feet had already stepped on the flat ground, and a strong smell of coal rushed to his nose. He hurriedly stood firm, and used his flashlight to shine around, and found that this was a huge natural space.
All around are pitch-black rocks, illuminated by the light of a flashlight, emitting a little bit of crystalline light, as if you have come to a crystal world.
Zhang Xuebing reached out and touched the wall of the cave, feeling the dampness with a slippery feel, and suddenly understood that this was the vein of the coal mine found by the hemp pole.
Unexpectedly, Zhang Erdou actually made a hole in it, and it happened to hit the open place in the ore vein, what a lot of luck.
It's a pity that the luck of this product has come to an end!
Zhang Xuebing looked around, but found no trace of Wang Xiaomin and Zhang Erdou.
This space is too large, almost endless at a glance, and the faint sound of flowing water can be heard in the ears, it seems that the veins are born along the trend of the underground river.
Where to find two people in such a big place?
Wisps of cold wind came to his face, making Zhang Xuebing excited, there is a natural wind here, and there must be an exit!
Suddenly, he remembered the last time Zhang Erdou fell into the cliff and disappeared, and suddenly understood that Zhang Erdou should have fallen into the underground river, and then returned to the cave along this gap to escape.
Then this time he must have gone down the underground river to the Lingzhi Canyon, and only then can he find food and pure water, so that people will not die of hunger and thirst!
Zhang Xuebing hurriedly returned to the entrance of the cave and yelled at it.
"Xiong Zhan, the rescue team is here, don't let anyone come down, just throw a rope, I'll go up along the rope!"
The reason why he didn't let others come down was that Zhang Xuebing still had the mentality of keeping the coal mine secret, for fear that more people would know about it and leak it out.
Within a few seconds, the faint sound of Xiong Zhan came from above.
"Got it......"
The echo dissipated, and Zhang Xuebing had already chased down the slope of the ore vein.
It's even more rugged because there are no roads at all, and there are large rocks and coals everywhere, and you have to climb every few steps, and you have to be careful not to get scratched by the corners of the boulders.
Zhang Xuebing walked with difficulty, moving forward for a few hundred meters, and at this moment a greater crisis came, the flashlight in his hand began to weaken, and it was likely that the power would run out in the next moment, making him completely in darkness.